Drug sting leads to 14 arrests; more expectedIn the early morning hours of December 16, the Natchitoches Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force in cooperation with several local, state and federal agencies executed 8 search warrants in the Camp...

Students explore 'chemistree'Students from the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts decorated a “Chemistree” in honor of the holiday season. They used items from the chemistry lab to decorate the tree, which is dis...

EventsEvents that appear in this column are open to the public. Cane Country Fly Casters, a non-profit organization founded in 2010. The club is dedicated to the education of fly-fishing and fly-tying; w...

Festival events continueChildren’s activities including bouncers, mechanical bulls, spider jumps and an extreme gyro, as well as festival food vendors will be available along the downtown riverbank. The Santa Claus house ...

NPD offering free night deposit escortsThe Natchitoches Police Dept. reminds business owners that it provides a free service to those making night deposits. The second armed robbery of people making night deposits occurred Sunday night....

Council lists landfill closingsNatchitoches Parish President Rick Nowlin announces that the Parish Landfill and the bin and compactor sites around the Parish, will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25 and again New Years Day, Jan. 1...

Rotary speakers are author and museum curatorThe Natchitoches Rotary Club was treated to two programs at its Tuesday meeting, Natchitoches Parish music teacher and author Danny R. Von Kanel, with hundreds of magazine publications and three ...

Nursing students debate medical issuesStudents in the Community/Public Health class in the College of Nursing and School of Allied Health at Northwestern State University’s Shreveport campus held a debate this week on several health re...

Student wins Dodson scholarshipOlivia Martzell of Covington is this year’s winner of the Orland Dodson Memorial Scholarship presented by the Shreveport Journalism Foundation. The scholarship is awarded to an upper level student...